For every tech-company founder celebrated as being the next unique, charismatic and brilliant Steve Jobs, there’s a longer list of leaders who had all of those characteristics and failed: William Shockley (Shockley Semiconductor);

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed how late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs helped him take a leap of faith and leave his stable job at Compaq and join the Cupertino-based tech giant. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Cook talked about what he learnt from Jobs after working 13 years with him.

Apple CEO Tim Cook credits Steve Jobs’ principles of fostering innovation, relying on small, efficient teams, and being adaptable as key to Apple's su